Readings in medieval rhetoric.
By: Edited by Joseph M. Miller, Michael H. Prosser, and Thomas W. Benson.
Contributors: Prosser, Michael H., 1936- joint comp.; Benson, Thomas W., joint comp.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1973
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Rhetoric, Medieval
Description: Covers thirty-six rhetorical treatises, many of them translated into English for the first time. Where possible complete treatises are presented; in other cases lengthy excerpts are supplied. The volume surveys all important developments in rhetoric as well as key treatises on preaching and distamen, the medieval art of letter writing. A brief commentary prefaces each work.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 287-290.